“People who blame the Bible for the modern destruction of nature have failed to see its delight in the variety and individuality of creatures and its insistence upon their holiness. But that delight-in, say, the final chapters of Job or the 104th Psalm-is far more useful to the cause of conservation than the undifferentiating abstractions of science... Reverence gives standing to creatures, and to our perception of them, just as the law gives standing to a citizen.” PeopleGivingJobsLawCausesAnimalModernCitizensCreaturesPerceptionStandingDestructionBlameFinalsIndividualityDelightVarietyHolinessReverenceChaptersConservationAbstractionInsistencePsalmsDestruction Of Nature Author:Wendell Berry
“[The taxidermist is] a historian, dealing with an animal's past; the zookeeper is a politician, dealing with an animal's present; and everyone else is a citizen who must decide on that animal's future (...) The indifference of the many, combined with the active hatred of the few, has sealed the fate of animals.” PastAnimalFateCitizensPoliticianHatredActiveIndifferenceHistorianZookeepers Book:Beatrice & Virgil Source: Beatrice & Virgil
“Stupid National Anthem... Look at this flag; Two bears fighting over a pineapple. What kind of message does that send to the world? "Come to Belarus, where wild animals will steal your fruit."” WorldLooksKindDoeTwoHumorFunnyFightingAnimalStupidBearsCitizensMessagesFruitStealingFlagsAnthemImitatingWild AnimalNational AnthemPineapplesBelarus Author:Bill Bailey
“The factory meat industry has polluted thousands of miles of America's rivers, killed billions of fish, pushed tens of thousands of family farmers off their land, sickened and killed thousands of U.S. citizens, and treated millions of farm animals with unspeakable and unnecessary cruelty.” AmericaAnimalMillionsLandIndustryCitizensRiversFishesBillionsMilesTreatedCrueltyMeatFarmsFarmersFactoriesUnnecessaryUnspeakableMeat Industry Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Most people think that animals are third-class citizens. Very few people really see animals as "the others" with whom we inhabit this planet. They have equal rights with us.” PeopleThinkingAnimalClassRightsPlanetsCitizensEqualThirdsEqual Rights Author:Sigourney Weaver
“The ideal citizen of a tyrannical state is the man or woman who bows in silent obedience in exchange for the status of a well-cared-for herd animal. Thinking people become the tyrants' worst enemies.” PeopleThinkingMenWellsStatesAnimalEnemyWorstHe ManCitizensIdealsSilentObedienceTyrantsBowsHerdsWorst Enemy Author:Claire Wolfe
“The 14th Amendment was passed after the Civil War to apply to former slaves to ensure that they are treated like all other citizens. It never did have anything to do with gay marriage. It was never intended to have anything to do with gay marriage or animal marriage or any other kind of social contract. It was specific to slavery, and after the Civli War.” KindWarSocialAnimalCitizensGaySlaverySlaveTreatedFormerCivil WarContractsAmendmentsGay MarriageSocial Contract14th Amendment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not so civilized, and that's a blot on our national copybook.” Has BeensAnimalMiddleCitizensEastFlightJapanCompanionCivilizedMiddle EastFleeingEvacuation Author:Ingrid Newkirk